I am Metez (Yanghee Kim), a painter working in the field of protruding painting, where the surface of the work is not a flat boundary, but a space that grows outward and can be physically felt. Through both abstraction and landscape, I seek a visual language that cannot be achieved through smooth, digital imagery — one that awakens a tactile, material experience unique to painting.

In my works, paint rises like ridges of earth or layers of accumulated time. These protruding surfaces form terrains that are meant not only to be seen, but sensed. Each stroke builds up through repetition, pressure, and release, hovering between painting and sculpture. As light moves across the uneven texture, the work changes — its atmosphere shifting from angle to angle — allowing time and the viewer’s perspective to become part of the artwork itself.

Through this process, I explore what lies beyond appearance: where landscape becomes emotion, abstraction becomes memory, and paint becomes a living form. My practice continues as a search for depth, weight, and presence — for the breath of painting itself.